SURREY ACADEMY

Paul Adlam

CHAIR FOR SURREY REGION

ABOUT

Paul is joint Chairman of the Surrey group that covers the GU, TW and KT postcode areas. Paul is passionate about helping businesses and the people within them grow to be the best that they can be. Not only has Paul gained real hands on knowledge of what it’s like to be in business, from his own business experience, he is also a qualified Executive Coach and NLP practitioner.

Having owned and run his own business for over 25 years Paul understands the frustrations, difficulties and pressures that can be encountered when you sit at the top of the tree.

Paul lives in the beautiful town of Farnham in Surrey with his wife and two children; he is Chairman of the local tennis club and a qualified rugby coach and referee. Paul has a life-long interest in history, the way that history has shaped the world we live in and the lessons we can learn from the past. Paul is an expert on the D-Day landings in Normandy and regularly takes groups out to the beaches and battlefields acting as a guide to explain what happened on that day and to demonstrate leadership under extreme circumstances.

Upcoming events

This is a unique opportunity to experience the Academy at an inspirational session with Daniel Ludevig; a facilitator and coach with a passion for impactful transformation in business.
Daniel helps you make better decisions by tapping into the intelligence of your head, heart and body. With him you will gain access to your intuition and change the way you work. How does he do this? By supporting leaders in becoming more self-aware, compassionate and embodied. Anyone who's ever learned how to ride a bike knows that the best way to learn is through experiences. Daniel designs and facilitates experiential learning journeys that produce new understanding, honest engagement, tangible results and lots of embodied fun.
There is also the opportunity to meet other successful CEOs like you who are wrestling with similar challenges. Find out how you can share and learn from them and come away with some answers. To experience the peer group first-hand and what it delivers, attendees come along with a genuine business challenge and see how a variety of opinions, experiences and different perspectives can really impact on your decision making, direction and growth.
The objective of the meeting is to give you an insight into how membership works and the benefits it brings to you and your business. You’d get a taste of what life is like being an Academy member.

I can go to the group with a pretty thorny problem, usually one that I couldn’t tackle with anyone at work, and gain unbiased but caring opinion.

Andrew Kluge, CEO of Cosatto Ltd

As a leader it needs to start with you, spending time and money on yourself is a good return for your business.

Dominic Jones, CEO Business Design Centre

Being part of the group has changed the way I think and communicate resulting in increased productivity from my team.

FirstFound Operations Director Sharon Kovacs

It’s the most valuable day I ever spend out of the business a month.

Beth Butterwick, CEO of Karen Millen

In the increasingly fast-paced world of business leadership it is our duty to always be working on the gap between our conscious incompetence so that it becomes our unconscious competence – ACE bridges that gap and allows me to face our challenges with confidence.

Alister Marchant, member of ACE, CEO Carte Blanche Greetings Ltd

Speaking for the Academy for Chief Executives (ACE) enables me to work with business leaders who are keen to learn and are able to act on suggestions that are made in the sessions. I have the privilege of both challenging and being challenged by some of the UK’s best business leaders.

Grant LeBoff, speaker for ACE, owner Sticky Marketing Club

I have been an ACE Chairman for 16 years now and can honestly say the quality of my life improved from the moment I became involved. I learnt more, got inspired more and work with a wonderful group of people who, with the support we provide, are succeeding more all the time and are great to be with.

Peter Hills, ACE group Chairman

Having been a member for five years, I wanted to bring ACE to South Yorkshire to give local leaders an opportunity to benefit from membership in the way I had. Being a Chairman is a real privilege that enables me to co-learn with my members, and continue to strive to be the best.